Pteropus samoensis Peale, 1848 . Mammalia in Repts. U.S. Expl. Surv., 8:20.

TYPE LOCALITY: Samoan Isis, Tutuila Isl (American Samoa) .

DISTRIBUTION: Fiji Isis, Samoan Isis.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; IUCN - Endangered.

SYNONYMS: nawaiensis, vitiensis, whitmeei.

COMMENTS: Includes nawaiensis; see Hill and Beckon (1978:65).